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230 W.D. Wr@t In Fig. 4 (a) three prisms are shown in three parts of the spectrum and it will be evident that their introduction does not interfere with the mixing of the three separate portions of the spectrum in which they are placed. In Fig. 4 (b) the action of a single prism is shown and from this it will be seen how the relative positions of the spectral colours are reversed over the portion of the spectrum included by it. The exit-pupil now takes the form of short superposed strips of spectrum with angular dispersions double that pertaining to the corresponding parts of the main spectrum RGB. When a metal stop is placed in such an exit-pupil, a smooth field is seen provided the stop is filled with light. By using this arrangement any rotating parts in the apparatus are avoided. In passing it is important to note that the width of spectrum included in the light reaching the eye depends, not on the size of the prism in the spectrum, but on the size of the stop in the exit-pupil. Fig. 4 Up to the present the various features of the system have been described separately. It is now a relatively simple matter to give a description of the colorimeter as a whole. In Fig. 5 both plan and elevation of the complete system are shown, and the course of an axial pencil of rays is also indicated. The source, condenser, collimator, and spectrometer prisms will be easily recognised ; they are indicated by the same letters as in previous diagrams. Incidentally, it will be seen that two 60" prisms are used in order to obtain increased dispersion ; in all there are four such prisms, two more being used for the returning beam, as will be seen in the elevation. After passing through these prisms the top half of the beam passes through the objective Tl and is brought to a focus to form a spectrum at W,. The lower half of the beam is reflected through an angle of 90' by the prism RI and is brought to a focus by T, , so producing a second spectrum at W,. In W, two right-angled prisms are mounted to function as previously described. The path taken by the light reflected from this spectrum is shown in the elevation and is seen to pass below RI and above another prism, R, , similar to Rl. In W, there are three small prisms to reflect back three portions of the spectrum. The light so
A Trichromatic Colorimeter with Spectral Primaries 231 reflected passes through T, and is then reflected by R, through the two lower 60" prisms. The two returning beams, from W, and W,, are.then reflected by D, so as to fall on the photometer prism P. The form of P and its action will be clear from the figure. It consists of two prisms cemented together, with one half of the contact surface, mn, silvered. In this way the two beams are brought into the neighbouring parts of a simple bipartite field separated by a sharp horizontal T. Fig. 5 dividing line, the size of the complete beam being limited by the rectangular aperture K. The field of view is observed by placing the eye at the focus E of the telescope objective 0. It will be evident that the three prisms at W, correspond to the three primaries of the colorimeter, and the two prisms at W, provide the test colour and the de- saturating colour. It is necessary to be able to regulate the intensity of the two latter and this is done by the use of any one of a series of neutral filters placed in front of the prisms. Since the variation of the intensity of the primaries must be continuous, neutral photometer wedges, H, are employed, as indicated in the diagram. These are situated in front of the three primary prisms R, G, and B in the spectrum at W, and can be adjusted by the observer as explained later.
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